Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Kristen Stewart, Steven Spielberg: Top 40 Hollywood Moneymakers

Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (top); Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (middle); Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (bottom)

Vanity Fair strikes again. No, no photo shoots this time. Just the list of Hollywood's Top 40 moneymakers in 2009, based on estimates that take into consideration up-front fees, box-office/DVD percentages and other revenue sources. White guys, most of them directors and/or producers, took the top ten slots:

Michael Bay ($125m, mostly from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Steven Spielberg ($85m, mostly thanks to "Universal theme-park royalties and consulting fees"), Roland Emmerich ($70m, 2012), James Cameron ($50m, Avatar), Todd Phillips ($44m, mostly from The Hangover), and Daniel Radcliffe ($41m, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I and II).

Also, Ben Stiller ($40m, mostly from Little Fockers, which opens this year), Tom Hanks ($36m, mostly from Angels & Demons), J.J. Abrams ($36m, mostly from Star Trek), and Jerry Bruckheimer ($35.5m, mostly from the upcoming The Sorcerer's Apprentice).

At least no one can accuse Hollywood of discriminating against talent based on age, sexual orientation (especially if you're not publicly out) or religion (or lack thereof). But if the Vanity Fair list is accurate, they do discriminate against screenwriters unless they also happen to be directors and/or producers. Not one is to be found on the Top 40 list.

And before anyone gets angry about the lack of women and ethnic minorities among the Top Ten, actor-filmmaker Tyler Perry was #11 (who says crossdressing doesn't pack'em in?) and Denzel Washington was #13.

The first woman on the list is Emma Watson at #14 (a mere $30m), followed by Cameron Diaz at #19 (voice for Shrek Forever After, Knight and Day, The Green Hornet), Sarah Jessica Parker at #24 (Sex and the City 2, Did You Hear About the Morgans?), and Katherine Heigl at #25 (Killers, Life As We Know It).

Also, Reese Witherspoon at #31, Angelina Jolie at #32, Jennifer Aniston at #33, Sandra Bullock at #34, and Kristen Stewart at #37.

Robert Pattinson was #35 and Shia LaBeouf was #39. Brad Pitt was #40, with $13.5m.

Nicolas Cage reportedly has money problems and earned $28 million in 2009? I wish I had such financial woes.

Photos: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros.); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DreamWorks / Paramount); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Kimberley French / Summit Entertainment).